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    The document describes two activities: 1) Generating verbs and nouns in Biblical Hebrew using consonantal roots like "g-g-l" and "t-w-t" and 2) Generating English words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to test word formation and determining if the words are commonly used or not well-formed. Examples are provided of correctly and incorrectly formed words based on prefixes like "re-", suffixes like "-able", and roots like "do", "fall", and "out".

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    The document describes two activities: 1) Generating verbs and nouns in Biblical Hebrew using consonantal roots like "g-g-l" and "t-w-t" and 2) Generating English words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to test word formation and determining if the words are commonly used or not well-formed. Examples are provided of correctly and incorrectly formed words based on prefixes like "re-", suffixes like "-able", and roots like "do", "fall", and "out".

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    The document describes two activities: 1) Generating verbs and nouns in Biblical Hebrew using consonantal roots like "g-g-l" and "t-w-t" and 2) Generating English words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to test word formation and determining if the words are commonly used or not well-formed. Examples are provided of correctly and incorrectly formed words based on prefixes like "re-", suffixes like "-able", and roots like "do", "fall", and "out".

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    Activity A: Generating nouns and verbs in Biblical Hebrew:

    ● google: consonantal roots: g-g-l

    1. What will be the past tense of the verb form be?

    → gəgal (‘googled’)

    2. What will the noun form be?

    → googéel (‘one who googles’)

    3. What will the ‘You verbed him’ form be?

    → gəgal-táa-huu (‘You googled him’)

    4. What will the ‘I verbed you’ form be?

    → gəgal-tíi-huu (‘I googled him’)

    ● tweet: consonantal roots: t-w-t

    1. What will be the past tense of the verb form be?

    → təwat (‘tweeted’)

    2. What will the noun form be?

    → toowéet (‘one who tweets’)

    3. What will the ‘You verbed him’ form be?

    → təwat-táa-huu (‘You tweeted him’)

    4. What will the ‘I verbed you’ form be?

    → təwat-tíi-huu (‘I tweeted him’)


    Activity B: Generating words in English:

    Set of words formed by using the prefix (1) with the roots in (3):

    1. Prefix "re-" + Root "do"

    Word formed: redo

    The word is well formed and I commonly use it in my daily language.

    Meaning: do something again or differently

    2. Prefix "re-" + Root "fall"

    Word formed: refall

    The word is well formed but I and generally not used commonly in our daily language.

    Meaning: to fall again

    3. Prefix "re-" + Root "out"

    Word formed: reout

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    4. Prefix "re-" + Root "school"

    Word formed: reschool

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    5. Prefix "re-" + Root "short"

    Word formed: reshort

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    Set of words formed by using the suffix (2) with the roots in (3):

    1. Root "do" + Suffix "-able"

    Word formed: doable

    The word is well formed and I commonly use it in my daily language.

    Meaning:
    2. Root "fall" + Suffix "-able"

    Word formed: fallable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    3. Root "out" + Suffix "-able"

    Word formed: outable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    4. Root "school" + Suffix "-able"

    Word formed: schoolable

    The word is well formed but I don’t commonly use it in my daily language.

    Meaning: suitable for school or schooling

    5. Root "short" + Suffix "-able"

    Word formed: shortable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    Set of words formed by using the prefix (1) and suffix (2) with the roots in (3):

    1. Prefix "re-" + Root "do" + Suffix "-able":

    Word formed: redoable

    The word is well formed and I commonly use it in my daily language.

    Meaning: capable of being redone

    2. Prefix "re-" + Root "fall" + Suffix "-able":

    Word formed: refallable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    3. Prefix "re-" + Root "out" + Suffix "-able":

    Word formed: reoutable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.
    4. Prefix "re-" + Root "school" + Suffix "-able":

    Word formed: reschoolable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    5. Prefix "re-" + Root "short" + Suffix "-able":

    Word formed: reshortable

    The word is not well formed and it can’t be used in our language.

    I discussed the different results with my study group partner Sashiv Garg and the

    screenshot of his results is mentioned as follow:

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